REFERENCE MANUAL AND GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS SPECIFICATION FOR A PROTOTYPE ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE SYSTEM

Implementation of an electronic data interchange system between shippers, carriers, forwarders, banks, and other transportation related organizations will involve executive level decisions, management level participation, and technical level involvement. This Reference Manual and General Communications Specification is designed to meet the needs of these different groups for an overview of the requirements for electronic data interchange, a summary of the communications technology and services, and a set of definitions and descriptions for the technical terms which are involved in communications. Finally, it provides an initial set of specifications for the communications subsystem for the prototype electronic data interchange system design. The initial specifications are designed to afford a level of industry-wide compatibility which is achievable with modest effort in the short term, but which will not inhibit future growth.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also PB-252 937.
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Data Coordinating Committee

  Suite 309, 1101 17th Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20036

  Department of Transportation

  Office of Facilitation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • CARLEY, J
  • Notto, R
  • Bass, E
  • Kreithen, A
  • Guilbert, E
• Publication Date: 1976-4-30

Media Info

• Pagination: 169 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air transportation; Broadband; Common carriers; Communications; Data communications; Executives; Facsimile; Freight transportation; Guidelines; Highway transportation; Industries; Information processing; Information systems; Information, data, and knowledge; Management; Manuals; Multiplexing; Railroad transportation; Specifications; Technical assistance; Telecommunications; Teletext systems; Transportation; Water transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Data links; Information exchange
• Old TRIS Terms: Cargo transportation; Network synthesis; Teletypewriter systems; Transmission circuits
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Data and Information Technology; Economics; Society; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00136822
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-OS-50017
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 13 1976 12:00AM